Name: Boot
Duration: P00H04M46S
Description: "Written in Goole in 1989. This version recorded in Worcester in the mid-1990's in the wardens' flat at the College of Higher Education... which (little-known fact) was where the Beatles had originally sought to record Abbey Road. Which would have made it... oh, well, you know." - Huw.

Boot

from Selections From 'Writing Home' by London Fields

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"Written in Goole in 1989. This version recorded in Worcester in the mid-1990's in the wardens' flat at the College of Higher Education... which (little-known fact) was where the Beatles had originally sought to record Abbey Road. Which would have made it... oh, well, you know." - Huw.

lyrics

Words:

All the winter mornings when we struggled in the dark
To write letters to your lovers while your parents were at work
Getting drunk in your front room when we should have been in school
And laughing with the old boy in the park all afternoon

You never knew where you were going to
I always had to show you where to put your feet
They all said you were kind and easy
But you were hard to me

Coats down to our ankles, on the towpath hand in hand
I'm trying to hold you steady, 'cos you're thinking 'bout your man
You always picked the wrong ones and I couldn't understand
Why you fell in love with anyone who played in a rock band

You never knew where you were going to
I always had to show you where to put your feet
They all said you were kind and easy
But you were hard to me

You were hard to me

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from Selections From 'Writing Home', released June 6, 1996
Written by Huw.

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London Fields Worcester, UK

A short-lived recording alias for Huw Darling (of the Chickpea Darlings), used for a year or so in the mid-1990's before developing into The Spanish Amanda. One CDR album and many, many odd tracks recorded - mostly now lost. Thanks for visiting; if you enjoy the London Fields songs, you might like The Spanish Amanda and the Chickpea Darlings too. ... more

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